This report on the 1968 excavations has been edited
from an original unpublished report written by the
director Anthea Diver. The corn drier was excavated in
1971 and planned by Bill Thomas. Between Easter and
Midsummer 1968, a small excavation was carried out at
SK 9425 0800, about 200m north of the river Gwash,
just above the 60m contour. The site (code EMP 68 Site
3) had originally shown up as a dark soilmark after
ploughing. An area of approximately 100 sq. m was
stripped and a number of features were identified below
about 0 .25m of ploughsoil. Further excavation on the
site was not possible because the field was needed for
cropping. Further evidence of the site was detected in
1971, 1Om to the south of the 1968 excavation at SK
9423 0798, when a stone-built structure was exposed by
the mechanical scrapers. [Introduction]